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		<title>Twilight Render Version 1.3 Released</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/twilight-render-version-1-3-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As  Twilight Render announced, Version 1.3 of the  rendering plugin for Google SketchUp has just been released. Beside some  fixes like texture naming (texture names can now contain non-ASCII  characters for instance) and camera target matching SketchUp camera  during animation render export, some of the exciting new features are:

Change where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Modelling Challenge #23 &#8211; Fire</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/speed-modelling-challenge-23-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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The winner of the Speed Modelling Challenge #23about &#8220;Fire&#8221; was Rich (aka &#8220;rclub24&#8243;) with this entry.
Rich said: &#8220;I&#8217;ll kick things off, but it&#8217;s not fire in the real sense &#8220; but who cares could we ask? Fire related and a cool, clean model. Congrats to the winner &#8211; a well deserved purple badge until he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SketchUvision Competition for Sketchup Pro Users</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/sketchuvision-competition-for-sketchup-pro-users/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/sketchuvision-competition-for-sketchup-pro-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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ICE Edge has launched the first ever ICEvision competition right here on  Sketchucation! They have worked closely with their friends at 3Dconnexion  who have very kindly supplied some fantastic prizes for you to literally  get your hands on. Grand prize: 3DConnexion SpacePilot™ PRO  mouse ($409.99 USD value) &#38; an additional three-month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thea Render Open Beta Launch</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/thea-render-open-beta-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Open Beta of Thea Render has finally been launched as has been posted on the Thea Render website. As you may know, the development of Thea Render started a while ago (see our &#8220;related artickles&#8221; below) and now has come the moment when it si finally released for beta testing to the public. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for the International Workshop on Interactive Media Art</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/call-for-the-international-workshop-on-interactive-media-art/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/call-for-the-international-workshop-on-interactive-media-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture Art]]></category>
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In collaboration with MEDIARS, Inglobe Technologies will sponsor the 2nd International Workshop on Interactive Media Art,  Technology, Cultural Heritage to be held in Contigliano, Italy from July  10 to 23, 2010.
Inglobe will donate the Augmented Reality  plug-in for Google SketchUp ($ 100 license value) to each participant at  the full program.
CALL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podium 2 &#8211; Beta 2 is Out!</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/podium-2-beta-2-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/podium-2-beta-2-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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As was announced today, the new, second beta of Podium 2 had just been released. This build represents  a stable code base where all features are  working, although some may need some modification before final release.   There will be additional features as well.  V2 uses a new, higher-quality render engine. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRender nXt Rendering Contest</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/irender-nxt-rendering-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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Render Plus is launching a new IRender nXt rendering contest. It  starts on Feb 15, 2010, and will run until March 15, 2010. Results will  be announced on March 30, 2010. You do not need to own IRender nXt, Render Plus will provide a free copy during  the contest.
This years contest is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Modelling Challenge #22 Winner: Kostas</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/speed-modelling-challenge-22-winner-kostas/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/speed-modelling-challenge-22-winner-kostas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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The winner of the latest Speed Modelling Challenge was Kostas (&#8221;kostas_designer&#8221;) with the above entry (see larger version in his original forum post). Well deserved glory, congratulations!
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		<title>Modelur 0.2.2 Released</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/modelur-0-2-2-released/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/modelur-0-2-2-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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As developer Jernej Vidmar has just announced, a new version of Modelur, a revolutionary 3D application for parametric urban design, has been released. Version 0.2.2 brings some serious performance  optimizations (i.e. 10-50 times faster opening of large models) and  fixes some minor issues. It is also available in Chinese now, thank to Huaqiao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LightUp 1.8 Released</title>
		<link>http://news.sketchucation.com/lightup-1-8-released/</link>
		<comments>http://news.sketchucation.com/lightup-1-8-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Csaba Pozsárkó</dc:creator>
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A new version (1.8) of LighUp, the realtime rendering plugin for SketchUp, was released as developer Adam Billyard has just announced in the SketchUcation Community Forums. The  new version that introduces the first in a series of GPU-based features like adjusting Exposure, Contrast, Saturation and Temperature all inside  SketchUp during realtime navigation.
Other features include:

Realtime [...]]]></description>
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